Advanced Manufacturing Simulation Engineer

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As an Advanced Manufacturing Simulation Engineer, you will leverage your expertise in simulation and modeling to advance Molex's manufacturing capabilities. Collaborating with Molex manufacturing professionals, you will play a critical role in identifying and developing novel and advanced digital simulation tools that impact the entire Molex connector product development cycle—from design inception through manufacturing tooling qualification to mass production. The simulation tools you develop will enhance product manufacturability (DFM), optimize manufacturing tooling performance, and improve the efficiency of mass production.

You will also effectively manage priorities to align with product development project timelines.

• Gain a thorough understanding of Molex's current manufacturing processes, including but not limited to molding, stamping, plating, and assembly.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to identify challenges, improvement opportunities, and transformational possibilities within manufacturing workflows.
• Stay informed of advancements in simulation tools, understanding their problem‑solving capabilities and specialized applications.
• Experiment with and apply state‑of‑the‑art simulation tools to address Molex manufacturing challenges.
• Research and evaluate new tools to enhance and transform the team's current simulation methodologies and procedures.
• Make discoveries that are novel to the team, the company, or even the industry.
• Investigate and develop innovative simulation techniques.
• Adapt and integrate emerging technologies, including but not limited to digital, computational, and artificial intelligence advancements.

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in creating FEA simulation models using Hyper Mesh or other pre‑processing tools.
• Proficiency with FEA solvers such as ABAQUS, LS‑DYNA, or similar.
• In‑depth knowledge of thermoplastic, copper alloy, and stainless carbon steel materials and their forming properties.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% (domestic and international).

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with structural FEA tools like ABAQUS or ANSYS, and their integration with molding and stamping simulation software.
• Expertise in multi‑body dynamics tools such as ADAMS or Inspire Motion.
• Experience with molding simulation software like Moldex3D or Moldflow, and stamping simulation using Simufact.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength—focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria are set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

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